From the east to the west blow the
trumpet to arms!
Through the land let the sound of it
flee;
Let the far and the near all unite, with
a cheer,
In defense of our Liberty Tree.

( The Liberty Tree, July 1775)

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
defense of custom.

( Common Sense, 1776)

A French bastard landing with an armed banditti and establishing himself King of England against the consent of the natives is, in
plain terms, a very paltry rascally original.... The plain truth is
that the antiquity of English monarchy will not bear looking into.

(Ibid.)

O! ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the Old World is
overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the
globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her as
a stranger and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive
the fugitive and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.

(Ibid.)

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its
best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable
one.

(Ibid.)

No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.

(Ibid.)

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that
virtue is not hereditary.

Notes for this page

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.comPublication information:
Book title: The Morrow Book of Quotations in American History.
Contributors: Joseph R. Conlin - Author.
Publisher: William Morrow.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1984.
Page number: 227.

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